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1. Be clear of your purpose As fun as it might sound, the idea of running around town, hypnotising people willy-nilly will soon wear thin. Look around at the number of people who start out saying "I'm a treet !ypnotist. I'm !# !ypnotist" and then within a $ouple of weeks, they're ba$k doing $ard tri$ks, %uggling or a$$ountan$y again. &efore you go out, be $lear of your purpose. #arly on, don't aim for that amaing, funny and entertaining forty minute street show, $omplete with invisibility and wallet stealing. et yourself some simple goals and not only will your $onfiden$e and te$hni(ue improve no end, but you'll also end up giving mu$h ri$her e)perien$es to the people you meet and you won't be boring or get bored. *or e)ample, for the first month or so of going out, you might de$ide to %ust try one or two different fast indu$tions, give some positive, motivational suggestions and wake them up again. +othing else. n$e you have that mastered, the ne)t month, maybe add a hand-sti$k for ea$h parti$ipant and leave them laughing. lowly, lowly, little by little, lit tle, add different routines, find what works best, most of the time, what spe$tators en%oy most and before long you'll have a street show to be proud of and well worth wat$hing ne of your goals $an be to pra$ti$e some of the new indu$tions your keen to try as re-indu$tions.
. !i" for groups of people tage hypnosis has been su$$essful su$$essful for many years, so don't make things hard for yourself by trying to reinvent the wheel. Adapt what you know about stage shows for a street environment. he most obvious thing is the number of potential volunteers you will have to sele$t from. o your homework and find the best days, time of day and lo$ations to en$ounter groups of friends hanging out, with time on their hands. Lun$htime on weekdays is hardly ever good on't approa$h individuals. +ot only are you in danger of looking a little $reepy, but with a group, you'll play the numbers game, in$rease your $han$es of being su$$essful and have an attentive, ready-made audien$e /lay some games and do some i$ebreakers to see who you might be able to work best with. It's not really about suggestibility testing, it's more about finding out who is best able to f o$us on and follow your instru$tions in the environment. 0ou shouldn't really be approa$hing anyone at all. hink of some $reative ways you $an set up and get people to approa$h you. 0ou $ould make a sign or atta$h a poster to a nearby fen$e or window or you $ould start some other kind of performan$e to attra$t a $rowd.
he first volunteer is always the hardest to get. n$e your $rowd see you treating someone respe$tfully and giving them an en%oyable time, you'll have no shortage of volunteers. 0ou $ould take your favourite somnambulist friend along with you and begin by hypnotising them.
#. E$pect failure and deal with it oo many trainers will tell you to go out there with balls of steel and an invin$ible, no-fail attitude. hey'll tell you $onfiden$e is king. A$t as though you $an hypnotise every man, woman, $hild and animal on the planet and you will be su$$essful. In reality, you won't be able to hypnotise everybody you meet so you will inevitably fail. ometimes you will fail more than you su$$eed. 0ou need to a$$ept that and deal with it. 1hen you $an't hypnotise them, don't stress about it. A$t a little surprised, thank them, make your e)$uses and move on swiftly to someone else. 2emember, very few people out there know as mu$h about hypnosis as you do. hey don't know an indu$tion from a deepener. &y %umping between i$ebreakers and indu$tions, everything $an be framed as an e)periment 3some of them entertaining in their own right4 and nobody really noti$es or $ares when you fail. I'll tell you a little se$ret. 1hen you fail to hypnotise someone, there is one response you will hear more than any other. ne word5 "orry." !#0 apologise to 06. oes this make you feel any better7
%. &on't go for dra"atic inductions o you've seen everything from arm-pulls to drop-ba$ks, to ne$k-snapping head-twists and you're keen to drop people on the dirty ground to gasps from the gathered $rowd7 o us all a favour, stay away from hypnosis and go take some martial arts $lasses. Instead, do gentle indu$tions with the parti$ipant seated on a ben$h, a low wall or that $hair you remembered to bring along with you. &y gentle indu$tions, I mean something like a simple #lman #ye Closure or 8agneti$ !ands whi$h relies on the fo$us, imagination and $on$entration of the parti$ipant rather than a sho$k indu$tion. If you do insist on having your sub%e$t stand at some point, remember when you tell them "leep" they might fall over so get them to sit down again before saying it or say "leep and tand" instead but be prepared to $at$h them anyway.
. Treat your su()ects with respect I find the best attitude to have towards those we $an easily hypnotise 3and utilise to entertain others4 is to $onsider them very talented individuals. hat really is the best way to view those we $all "somnambulist."
1ithout them, there would be no stage shows, no entertainment and let's fa$e it, no hypnotists. o treat them as su$h. 8ake their $omfort, pride and safety of paramount importan$e and in return you will inevitably get the best out of them. ry not to be annoyed with your star parti$ipant when suggestions aren't $arried out su$$essfully 3whi$h $ould and does happen4 and keep your hypnotist9hypnotee relationship on an even keel by re(uesting simple a$ts of $omplian$e between suggestions. 8ake them smile, laugh and feel great and others from the $rowd will soon emerge wanting to feel the same.
*. &efine your perfor"ance area tage hypnosis has followed a su$$essful basi$ formula for de$ades. It involves performing in a defined area 3the stage4 in front of a group of spe$tators 3the audien$e4 from whi$h people are invited to %oin the performer in the defined performan$e area and be$ome a part of the show. o when you do a street performan$e, bear all this in mind but also wat$h other types of street performer to see how they do it. As well as making for a safer performan$e in an area away from $ars and other potential haards 3and by being able to tell your parti$ipant not to wander outside of the area4 you'll look more professional and find it easier to attra$t a $rowd.
+. Re"e"(er it is a perfor"ance,de"onstration +ot mu$h point speaking (uietly or whispering in the ear of your volunteer. /eople will (ui$kly lose interest and won't sti$k around to wat$h you if they $an't hear what it is you're saying. o remember you have an audien$e 3or soon will4 and deliver suggestions so that everyone $an hear e)a$tly what's going on. Also make sure you intera$t regularly with the spe$tators and maybe also get your volunteer to intera$t with them too.
. ake it a personal e$perience for the person *ind out what kinds of suggestion they en%oy best or perform best, use their name, o$$upation, home town or other personal details. If you're e)perien$ed in su$h matters then also offer to deal with something for them 3motivation or minor issues without going into the underlying $ause.4
/. &o a proper wake-up 0ou $an't always be sure what's going to happen when the person has left you, so AL1A0 go through a $lear and $onsistent wake-up pro$edure with them before they go. A good wake-up will leave them feeling refreshed, happy and $lear headed and remember to be smiling yourself when they open their eyes. +obody wants to see a $on$erned or $onfused looking
hypnotist during this still-suggestible time. Always be sure to give a general suggestion to $lear any silly suggestions you might have given them. #ven if you $leared ea$h suggestion after it was $arried out, do it here too, as an e)tra safety measure.
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